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Editor’s note: this story is included here because they show there is value in investing in their workers. This quote is worth acknowledging: “Based on research, companies that invest in worker health, including reproductive health, saw three times more productivity, 50% lower injury rates, and improved worker health.” JAKARTA (ANTARA) – The protection and realization…
We also couldn’t foresee the global COVID-19 pandemic, the number and intensity of conflicts and natural disasters, or the snail-paced response to the impacts of climate change. Each of these exacerbates girls’ vulnerabilities, exposes them to new risks, and for millions of girls, further disrupts their access to quality healthcare, sanitation, education, and nutrition. During…
ACCRA, GHANA – The Jasikan Circuit Court, in the Jasikan District of the Oti Region on September 20, 2022, sentenced a 45-year-old fisherman to a five-year imprisonment term for the offense of human trafficking and ordered him to pay a compensation of 20,000 cedis to the victim. Spanning 13 months, the court proceedings started on…
In our latest podcast episode we cover She Leads, a programme dedicated to amplifying the voices of girls and young women across Africa and the Middle East. In our new podcast episode on a joint ECPAT, Plan International Netherlands, Defence for Children – ECPAT the Netherlands (DCI-ECPAT), African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), and…
“We have been praying for over 15 years to be able to do what we’re starting right now.” Melania Toledo, our new project manager in Ecuador, shared on a staff Zoom call the story of how her organization, Fundación Casa Mis Sueños, came to partner with Love Justice this year. Since modern slavery happens in…
Although slavery was formally abolished more than 140 years ago in most countries, there still exists a modern slavery that feeds on vulnerability. It is enabled by unemployment, lack of education and other cultural and social factors, to which must be added the increasingly interlocking incidence of political and religious conflict, territorial displacement and humanitarian…
Reality bites Why do parents worry about their teenaged daughters’ safety, much more than their sons? Well, a look at the latest findings of National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) might provide an answer. In Bihar, where Seema lives, there were 6,894 recorded cases of Crime against Children in 2021, and all the victims were girls. …
Bertino Weires, 51, Nesly Mwarecheong, 46, are citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia. They are also residents of the United States. In December 2019, Weires and Mwarecheong convinced two young men from the FSM to come to the U.S. by promising the men they could work in the U.S. and send money back to their families….
TTUHSC to host Human Sex Trafficking symposium Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in Amarillo and the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health will host, “They are Not for Sale: Human Sex Trafficking Symposium,” from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 29 at the Happy State Bank Auditorium at the…
by Taiah Douglas | Oct 08, 2022 8:30 AM Every year the women-owned nonprofit, Sisters in Shelter, hosts three training programs to create awareness and educate the community on human trafficking. The course is an eight-week program led by the members and founders of Sisters In Shelter, that teaches individuals about the various aspects and systems…
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